Best areas to open post office in East
13 East local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a post office in East?
In East, the best area to open a post office is North Norfolk, with a Gera Business Location Score of 69.4/100: premises at £48/m²/yr and local median pay £26,296. Cambridge ranks lowest of 13 East authorities at 10.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
East ranked for post office
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Norfolk | 69.4/100 | £48 | £26,296 | £2,074 |
| 2 | East Suffolk | 64.2/100 | £40 | £30,821 | £1,728 |
| 3 | Breckland | 61.3/100 | £57 | £28,303 | £2,462 |
| 4 | Tendring | 59.4/100 | £79 | £27,067 | £3,413 |
| 5 | Braintree | 57/100 | £62 | £32,175 | £2,678 |
| 6 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 56.9/100 | £80 | £30,544 | £3,456 |
| 7 | East Cambridgeshire | 56.4/100 | £71 | £30,232 | £3,067 |
| 8 | Dacorum | 54.8/100 | £150 | £18,675 | £6,480 |
| 9 | Central Bedfordshire | 53.8/100 | £84 | £30,963 | £3,629 |
| 10 | Broadland | 51.5/100 | £90 | £32,576 | £3,888 |
| 11 | Bedford | 50.6/100 | £96 | £33,148 | £4,147 |
| 12 | South Cambridgeshire | 40.2/100 | £115 | £41,348 | £4,968 |
| 13 | Cambridge | 10.7/100 | £314 | £40,266 | £13,565 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for post office premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £40/m²/yr in East Suffolk. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Norfolk ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for post office in North Norfolk?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Norfolk, business rates are roughly £2,074/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £4,800/yr rent — before Small Business Rate Relief.
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Contains public sector information published by Valuation Office Agency and Office for National Statistics and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: VOA Business Floorspace + ONS Business Counts + ONS ASHE (work geography) + ONS population estimates (2025 (VOA 31 March 2025; ASHE 2025 provisional; Business Counts 2025; population mid-2024), published December 2025).